Banquet Season

Well, banquet season is in full swing. Tonight Carole and I are attending the Light For The Lost Banquet and next Tuesday evening is the Reach the World banquet and auction. I have invitations to four more banquets which I haven't responded to yet. They are all for worthy organizations that I support. I will try to attend as many as possible, because I know that they involve a tremendous amount of work to put together and it is disheartening to have empty tables. They do seem to be effective awareness and fund raisers, but I can't help but wonder why we as supporters require these big events.